Betulia ( Spanish: Betulia ) is a city and municipality in the west of Colombia , in the Antioquia department. Included in the subregion of Southwest Antioquia .
| City | |||||
| Betulia | |||||
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| Spanish Betulia | |||||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||||
| The Department | Antioquia | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Founded | 1848 | ||||
| Area | 252 km² | ||||
| Center height | 1807 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 17 317 people ( 2012 ) | ||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
| betulia.gov.co (Spanish) | |||||
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Geographical location
- 3 population
- 4 Economics
- 5 notes
History
The settlement from which the city later grew was founded on January 28, 1848 . The municipality of Betulia was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1884 .
Geographical position
The city is located in the southwestern part of the department, in the highlands of Western Cordillera , west of the Cauca River , approximately 44 kilometers west-southwest (WSW) from Medellin , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 1807 meters above sea level [1] .
The municipality of Betulia borders in the north with the municipality of Ansa , in the east with the municipality of Armenia , in the south and southeast with the municipality of Concordia , in the northwest and west with the municipality of Urrao . The area of the municipality is 252 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2012 was 17,317 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16,725 | 16,801 | 16,895 | 16,993 | 17 082 | 17 164 | 17,245 | 17 317 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 51.7% of the population of Betulia, women - 48.3%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 97.2% of the city's population; Negroes , mulattoes and Raisals - 2.6%, Indians - 0.2% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 74.5%.
Economics
The basis of the economy of Betulia is agricultural production and mining. The main crops cultivated in the municipality are coffee , sugarcane , mangoes and bananas .
55% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 37.8% are service enterprises, 5% are industrial enterprises, 2.2% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Betulia, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment January 11, 2014.
- ↑ Municipalities of Colombia . Statoids.com. Date of treatment January 11, 2014.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Date of treatment January 13, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Betulia - Antioquia (Spanish) (link not available) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica. Date of treatment January 13, 2014. Archived January 13, 2014.